IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THERE WERE TWO SEPARATE TORNADOES ALONG
THE SAME LINE OF STORMS...IN VERY CLOSE PROXIMITY TO EACH OTHER. BOTH
AFFECTED PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST JACKSON AND NORTHERN DEKALB COUNTY.
FURTHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND BELOW:
EVENT 1: NEAR ROSALIE TO JUST SOUTHEAST OF FLAT ROCK
* EVENT TYPE: TORNADO
* EVENT DATE: 10/25/10
* ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 MPH
* PRELIMINARY RATING: EF-1
* PATH LENGTH: 9.5 MILES
* MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH: 150 YARDS
* SUMMARY: THIS WAS THE NORTHERN TRACK TORNADO WITHIN THE SAME LINE
OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED ACROSS NORTHEAST ALABAMA EARLY
MONDAY MORNING...BETWEEN 4:00 AND 4:30 AM CDT. THIS TORNADO
INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN NEAR ROSALIE...BETWEEN COUNTY ROAD 456 AND
83. AT THIS INTERSECTION...THE PORCH/OVERHANG OF A HOUSE COLLAPSED
WITH SEVERAL LARGE TREES UPROOTED.
ADDITIONAL DAMAGE...MAINLY UPROOTED TREES...OCCURRED ALONG COUNTY
ROAD 78 AS THE TORNADO TRACKED NORTHEAST. THE TORNADO TURNED
SLIGHTLY EAST AS IT WENT INTO DEKALB COUNTY AND HIT 2 BARNS ALONG
COUNTY ROAD 141...COLLAPSING THE ROOF AND WALLS OF ONE BARN.
ADDITIONAL TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED ALONG WITH MINOR
ROOF/STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO A TRAILER AND SEVERAL FARM OUTBUILDINGS
ALONG COUNTY ROAD 803...BEFORE THE TORNADO LIFTED.
EVENT 2: DUTTON/HENEGAR TO IDER
* EVENT TYPE: TORNADO
* EVENT DATE: 10/25/10
* ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 115 MPH
* PRELIMINARY RATING: EF-2
* PATH LENGTH: 18.6 MILES
* MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH: 300 YARDS
* INJURIES: 2 (SEPARATE INCIDENTS OF A TREE FALLING ON CARS). BOTH
WERE TREATED WITH MINOR INJURIES AND RELEASED.
* SUMMARY: THIS "SOUTHERN TRACK" TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY
40 JUST EAST OF HIGHWAY 71 IN JACKSON COUNTY. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE
OCCURRED AT HIGHWAY 40 AND COUNTY ROAD 22. A COUPLE OF SHEDS WERE
DESTROYED ALONG WITH NUMEROUS LARGE TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. A
SINGLE-WIDE MANUFACTURED HOME WAS LIFTED 4-6 FEET OFF ITS
FOUNDATION ALONG COUNTY ROAD 382 NORTH OF HIGHWAY 40.
MORE DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG COUNTY ROAD 134 JUST BEFORE THE TORNADO
CROSSED INTO DEKALB COUNTY. THE WORST OF THE DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH
THIS TORNADO OCCURRED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 134 AND
131. AT THIS LOCATION...A CINDER BLOCK-FOUNDATION SHED WAS
COMPLETELY DESTROYED. AS THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO TRACK
NORTHEAST...A RESIDENTIAL HOME ALONG COUNTY ROAD 886...SOUTHWEST
OF IDER...LOST MUCH OF ITS ROOF AND PORTIONS OF ITS BRICK EXTERIOR
WALLS...ALONG WITH THE TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF A 20-FOOT BY 20-FOOT
SHED.
THE IDER HIGH SCHOOL HAD ITS FOOTBALL FIELD BLEACHERS AND
SCOREBOARD DESTROYED. THE BLEACHERS WERE SOLID CONCRETE AND WERE
REINFORCED WITH 1/2-INCH THICK REBAR. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WAS SEEN
ALONG HIGHWAY 75 BEFORE THE TORNADO MOVED INTO DADE COUNTY GEORGIA.
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